Friends remember father and four children lost in Porterville fire

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Friends lit candles and laid retired toys to retrieve the lives mislaid successful this camper that caught occurrence connected Sunday nighttime successful Porterville.

Cody Schuler, who friends person identified, was wrong this camper with his 4 young kids.

His person of implicit a decade, Alex Olmos, didn't privation to look connected camera but told Action News that Schuler was a spot of a handyman, moving respective antithetic jobs but his favourite occupation was being a dad.

"His kids were his full world," said Olmos.

Firefighters arrived a small aft 11 connected Sunday night. Crews tried their champion to prevention the household of five, but it was excessively late.

"We person determined that the occurrence astir apt started successful the trailer, but similar I said, the probe is inactive ongoing," said Porterville Fire Department Chief Bryan Cogburn.

Authorities said the children, 2 boys and 2 girls, scope successful property from 18 months to 5 years old.

Friends archer Action News that Schuler moved into the camper astir a period agone with his 4 children.

"His kids meant everything to him. There's not thing helium would bash that his kids weren't progressive in," said Olmos.

Porterville Unified has shared that 1 of the kids was a pupil successful the district.

They person deployed territory societal workers and counselling unit to the schoolhouse to enactment students, module and unit during this hard time.

As Schuler's friends effort to woody with this unimaginable loss, they anticipation helium knows however overmuch helium and his kids volition beryllium missed.

"You're not forgotten. We're inactive here, we inactive emotion you. You know, you'll ever beryllium remembered for the idiosyncratic that you were," said Olmos.

Friends accidental the parent of the 4 children asked that donations beryllium made to a ceremonial home. We person that accusation here.

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